The Southwest Workshop on Mixed Methods Research (SWMMR) is an academic organization that aims to further discussions on the theory and application of mixed methods research in the social sciences.
The Conference
SWMMR workshops have taken place annually since 2015. For more about the history of the workshop and its contribution to the field of political science, see Marissa Brookes, Jennifer Cyr, and Sara Niedzwiecki’s 2025 article in PS: Political Science & Politics, “Workshopping Mixed Methods: Ten Years of the Southwest Workshop for Mixed Methods Research.”
The format involves two days in which junior and senior scholars discuss and debate the theory and practice of mixed methods research in an intimate workshop setting. Panels of junior scholars present original working papers and receive feedback from senior counterparts who have an established record of mixed methods scholarship.
Additionally, the workshops include either a “master class”—an “author-meets-critics” segment devoted to the discussion of a recent or future book-length publication on mixed methods research—or a roundtable discussion on research methods featuring four or five senior scholars.
Past Conferences
2021
2022
2023
2024
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Sponsors
The Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods
Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy
Research Center for the Americas at UCSC
Institute for Social Transformation at UCSC
Center for Latin American Studies at UA
The Society for Political Methodology